HUA-YU LI Department of Political Science Oregon State University Gilkey Hall 300A Corvallis, OR 97331 (541) 737-6235 hua-yu.li@oregonstate.edu TEACHING EXPERIENCE Oregon State University: Department of Political Science Associate Professor, 2004 present Assistant Professor, 1997 2004 Instructor, 1996 97 Boston College: Department of Political Science Adjunct Lecturer, 1994 95 EDUCATION Columbia University Ph.D., Political Science, February 1997 Field: Comparative Politics Research areas: China and Japan Harvard University Exchange Scholar, Government Department, 1992 94 Project: dissertation research and writing A.M., Regional Studies East Asia, 1983 Concentration: Modern Chinese History Sophia University (Tokyo) B.A., Comparative Culture, 1981 Major: History and Political Science RESEARCH INTERESTS China s political economy in the 1950s CCP in comparative perspective Soviet impact on China Stalinism and Maoism FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (since 2000) Visiting Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, January April 2012.
Hua-yu Li/2 Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Oregon State University, fall 2009 & fall 2004. Faculty Release-Time Grant, Research Office, Oregon State University, spring 2008, & fall 1999. Research Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University, 2007 & 2003 Research Travel Grant, Valley Library, Oregon State University, 2012, 2008, 2006, 2004 & 2002. Conference Grants, Harriman Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University (jointly raised $32,000 with Professor Thomas P. Bernstein, Political Science Department, Columbia University, for our international conference held at Columbia in June 2007) Freeman Foundation Grant, Salzburg Freeman Symposium, Salzburg, Austria, June 2005. Salzburg Seminar Fellowship, Salzburg, Austria, December 2003. L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award, Oregon State University, fall 2003. Research Grant, Sumitomo Foundation, Japan, 2000 2001. PUBLICATIONS Book in Progress Mao, Stalinism and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Books Thomas P. Bernstein and Hua-yu Li, eds., China Learns from the Soviet Union: 1949 Present (Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, Lexington Book, January 2010). book. First paperback edition of the book was released in July 2011 along with a kindle Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China: 1948 1953 (Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, Rowman & Littlefield, February 2006). Book Chapters Instilling Stalinism in Chinese Party Members: Absorbing Stalin s Short Course, in Thomas P. Bernstein and Hua-yu Li, eds., China Learns from the Soviet Union, 1949 Present (January 2010). Articles Mao s Modification of Stalin s Concept of Class Struggle under Socialism. (Accepted for publication by Journal of Cold War Studies) 2
Hua-yu Li/3 From Revolutionary Party to Ruling Party: The CCP s Adoption of the Soviet Governmental Structure in the Early 1950s, Special Issue, Modern China Studies, online version, October 2014; paper version, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2015, pp. 29-44. Reactions of Chinese People to the Death of Stalin, Journal of Cold War Studies, 11, no. 2 (Spring 2009): 70-88. (The article was reviewed by Hi-Diplo http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/reviews/pdf/ar245.pdf) Stalin s Short Course and China s Socialist Economic Transformation in the Early 1950s, Russian History/Histoire Russe 29, no. 2-4 (2002): 357-76. Jian Zang and Hua-yu Li, 80 niandai yilai zhongri funu shengyu guannian bianhua bijiao yanjiu yi Beijing he Dongjing weili [A comparative study of women s changing attitudes toward childbearing since the 1980s the cases of Beijing and Tokyo], Shichang yu Renko Fenxi [Market and Demographic Analysis] 8, no. 4 (2002): 66-74. (The research of this article was supported by Sumitomo Foundation, Japan.) The Political Stalinization of China: The Establishment of One-Party Constitutionalism, 1948 54, Journal of Cold War Studies 3, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 28-47. Articles in Progress Chinese Students and Political Purges during Stalin s Cultural Revolution: Stories from the Russian Archives. Background Briefing Papers The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Demise of the CPSU: Causes of the Collapse (Part I); Policy Implications for the CCP (Part II). (Written at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 2012.) Book Reviews Yinghong Cheng, Creating the New Man : From Enlightenment Ideals to Socialist Realities. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009. Journal of Cold War Studies, 14, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 128-30. Joel Andreas, Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class, Stanford University Press, 2009. East Asia: An International Quarterly, no. 27 (September 2010): 309-401. Shen Zhihua, Sulian zhuanjia zai zhongguo: 1948 1960 [Soviet Experts in China: 1948 1960] (Beijing: Zhongguo guoji guangbo chubanshe, 2003). Journal of Cold War Studies 9, no. 1 (Winter 2007):142-44. 3
Hua-yu Li/4 Nan Chu, Red Sorrow: A Memoir. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001. China Information XVI, no. 2 (Winter 2002): 137-38. Meihong Xu and Larry Engelmann, Daughter of China: A True Story of Love and Betrayal. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Journal of Cold War Studies 3, no. 3 (Fall 2001): 124-26. INTERVIEWED AND QUOTED IN MAJOR PRINTED NEWS MEDIA China Spins New Lesson from Soviet Union s Fall, The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2013. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER Conference co-organizer, speaker, discussant, and panel chair, The Soviet Impact on China: Politics, Economy, Society, and Culture, 1949 l991, at Columbia University, June 22-23, 2007; paper title: The Sustainability of the CCP: Instilling Stalinism in Party Members in the 1950s. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PARTICIPATION Participated in the prestigious Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria in December 2003. The participation was supported by a Salzburg Seminar Fellowship and a L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award, Oregon State University. INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP In an article (8/23/2003) on international research concerning the relationship between Mao and Stalin, Sebastian Heilmann, a professor specializing in China at Trier University in Germany, featured two of my articles concerning the Stalinist impact on Mao and the CCP along with other writings by noted scholars in Germany and the United States. His article appeared in Germany s most influential newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). PAPERS AND LECTURES DELIVERED Invited Talks Mao s Radicalization of Stalin s Concept of Class Struggle under Socialism, given at an international conference, held at Stanford University, October 31, 2013. Mao, Stalin, and China s Road to Socialism, History Department, Peking University, Beijing, China, June 3, 2008. 4
Hua-yu Li/5 Mao, Stalin, and Chinese Politics in 1953, jointly sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, May 10, 2007. Perspectives on Mao and the CCP Legitimacy in the Early 1950s: The Reactions of the Chinese People to Stalin s Death, workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, April 7, 2007. Is a Rising China a Threat to the United States? public lecture, Engaging China Lecture Series, University of Oregon, June 2, 2006. Panelist, Perception and Misperception: Across the Pacific and within Asia, Salzburg Freeman Symposium, Salzburg, Austria, June 17, 2005. Stalin s Short Course and its Impact upon Mao and the CCP, presented at The Soviet Global Impact: 1945 1991, an international conference held at the University of Chicago, May 25, 2002. The Political Stalinization of China: The Establishment of One-Party Constitutionalism, 1948 54, workshop, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, May 15, 2001. U.S. Research and Teaching Concerning Chinese Politics, Central Party School, Beijing, China, August 29, 2000. Research in the United States on Chinese Women in Post-1949 China, workshop in Ji County, Hebei province, China, August 1999. Zhang Wentian and China s Economic Policy in the Early 1950s: Giving Credit Where it is Due, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, October 1998. Other Talks Chinese Students and Political Purges in Moscow during Stalin s Cultural Revolution: Stories from the Russian Archives, delivered at a panel I organized for an International Conference on Modern China in Global Context, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, August 11-13, 2014. The CCP s Adoption of the Soviet Governing Structure in the Early 1950s, Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, March 24, 2013. The CCP and Lessons Learned from the Failures of the CPSU, East Asian 5
Hua-yu Li/6 Institute, Conference Room, 469A Bukit Timah Road, Tower Block, #06-01, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Seminar presentation: March 30, 2012. Adopting Stalinism: Making the CCP into a Bolshevik Party, 1941-45, Center for the Humanities, Oregon State University, January 25, 2010. The Rapid Expansion of CCP Rule in the Early 1950s, given at an international conference on The Building of the PRC State, Hong Kong, June 22 24, 2009. Instilling Stalinism in CCP Party Members in the 1950s, annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, March 23, 2007. Stalin s History Text as Mao s Bible for the Ideological Transformation of China: Some Personal Stories, Center for the Humanities, Oregon State University, January 31, 2005. Stalin s Short Course, Mao, and China s Socialist Economic Transformation in the Early 1950s, delivered at a panel I organized for the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, New York, March 2003. The Stalinization of the Communist World, the Case of China, annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, October 15, 1999. PANELS CHAIRED Gender and Social Policy in Modern China, Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), University of Oregon, June 18, 2004. Image and Intrigue in East Asian Politics, Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), University of Oregon, June 18, 2004. COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to Comparative Politics Introduction to International Relations Chinese Politics: 1949 Present Modern Government and Politics of Japan Sino-Japanese Relations East Asian Security International Politics of Asia Pacific East Asian Political Economy U.S.-China Relations SERVICE Political Science Department Personnel Committee, 2014-; 2010 2013; 2002 08. P & T Committee, 2014- Chair, Awards Committee, 2014-; 2007 2011. 6
Hua-yu Li/7 Awards Committee, 2006 07. Library Liaison Officer, 2003 08. College of Liberal Arts CLA Faculty Council, 2012-14. Task Force on Faculty Workload and Salary Equity, spring/winter 2009. Co-Chair, Asian Studies/Minor Program, 2008 present. Research Grant Selection Committee, 2004. Curriculum Committee, 2001 03. Oregon State University Member, Advisory Board, Center for the Humanities, 2014-16; 2006 2007. Chair, Advisory Board, Center for the Humanities, 2007 2008. Library Committee, 2008 2011. Search Committee for Associate Provost for International Programs, 2008. Executive Committee, OSU Asia Initiative, 2007. Testified before the Oregon State House Committee on Higher Education on the importance of China and Chinese language for higher education in Oregon, Salem, OR, February 14, 2007. Co-Chair, Executive Committee, China Group, 2006 2010. Member, President Edward Ray s delegation to China, August September 2006. Member, Advance Team to China to arrange for President Edward Ray s trip to China, May 2006. Member, Planning Committee for President Edward Ray s trip to China, February August 2006. Graduate Admissions Committee, 2005 06. Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee, 2001 04. State of Oregon Member of Board, China Program, State of Oregon, 1996 2005. STUDENT ADVISING (in recent years) Ph.D. Dissertation Advising: Eugene Choi (as dissertation committee member), 2008 spring 2011. M.A. Thesis Advising: Mackenzie L. Searles (as minor professor for M.A. thesis in Anthropology), 2010-13. Laura DeVito (as major professor for MAIS thesis), 2008 09. Jason Sullivan (as committee member for M.A. thesis in education), 2005 06. 7
Hua-yu Li/8 MPP Program Thesis Advising: Zhe Chen (as major professor), Spring 2014- Hua Wang (as major professor & committee member), 2010-12 Khahn Le (as major professor), 2009 10 Meian Chen (as major professor), 2009 10 Akane Matsuda (as major professor), 2006 10 International Degree Thesis Advising: Maria Vuong (as major professor), 2006 spring 2011 Anna Gallo (as major professor), 2008 2010 Marco Clark (as major professor), 2005 07 Jaya W. Conser Lapham (honor s thesis committee member), 2004-05 Lani Thomas (as major professor), 2003-04 Levi Abrams (as major professor), 1998-99 Graduate Representative for Ph.D. Students: Bridgid Backus, 2006 April 2009 Joyce Loveday, 2006 2008 Patrick Lanning, 2005 06 International internships: Post-graduate International Internship advising Jason Thomas, summer 2010-winter 2011 (internship in Jordon) Megumi Nishizawa, 2004 05 (internship in Thailand) Political Science senior thesis advising Robert J. Adlesich, 2010-2011 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Journal and International Advisory board & Editorial Board Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, Summer 2013- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, 2008 Spring 2013. Book Manuscript Review (UK Routledge's Asian Studies list), November 2012. 8
Hua-yuLi/9 Journal Referee: Articles Reviewed China Review, Comparative Politics, Journal of Cold War Studies, Modern China Studies, and Twentieth-Century China. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILATION Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, June 2007 present. Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center, Harvard University, April July 2007. Associate Member, Center for East Asian Studies, U. of Chicago, 2000 04. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Association for Asian Studies American Political Science Association LANGUAGES Chinese (native) and Japanese (excellent) 9